Update of the Healthy Eating Index: HEI-2010

• Published in: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Vol. 113; no. 4; pp. 569 - 580
• Main Authors: Guenther, Patricia M., Casavale, Kellie O., Reedy, Jill, Kirkpatrick, Sharon I., Hiza, Hazel A.B., Kuczynski, Kevin J., Kahle, Lisa L., Krebs-Smith, Susan M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; beans; Child; Child, Preschool; classification; Diet; Diet - classification; Diet - standards; Diet assessment tool; Diet quality; Dietary Guidelines; eating habits; energy; Female; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; green leafy vegetables; Guidelines as Topic; healthy diet; Healthy Eating Index; Humans; Infant; Internal Medicine; Male; Middle Aged; Nutrition Policy; Nutrition Surveys; nutritional adequacy; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology; Nutritional Requirements; Nutritive Value; oils; physiology; plant proteins; polyunsaturated fatty acids; refined grains; saturated fatty acids; seafoods; United States; Young Adult; United States; Diet quality; Healthy Eating Index; Diet assessment tool

The Healthy Eating Index (HEI) is a measure of diet quality in terms of conformance with federal dietary guidance. Publication of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans prompted an interagency working group to update the HEI. The HEI-2010 retains several features of the 2005 version: (a) it has 1...